There's a place in the urban East Bay where you might have to look twice to spot the school bus. That’s because it’s a special kind of bus: kids get off to climb trees and pick strawberries along the way; the drivers don’t need a special license; and -- most importantly -- it runs on sneaker feet, not wheels.
On weekday mornings at about 8:10, the walking school bus goes by a grassy vacant lot in Oakland, on its way to the next stop. After it picks up, this group of shoes walks, skips, and runs the half-mile or so to Sequoia Elementary School. KALW’s Mary Rees climbed aboard on a recent morning and brought back this audio postcard.
